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high security ahead of the first summit in more than a decade that will see north and south korean leaders meeting face to face. you're watching al-jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up. the dogs of the word will not stop the evolution of the word the french president emanuel macro tells us politicians to reject nationalism and isolationism contradicting the america first policies of his host. the police in california make a major breakthrough in a serial killer case that dates back forty years. also this half hour living in limbo we look at problems facing germany's asylum seekers.

security is being taken to the border between north and south korea one day before their leaders hold their first direct talks in more than a decade helicopters and police dogs are being used to secure the area where the north korean leader kim jong il and south korea's president will sit down at the border truce village of puntland john a big range of issues are expected to be discussed including pyongyang's nuclear weapons program koreans from both sides of the border have told us what they expect from the summit is just a taste of what they had to say. my wish for the summit is that our people can travel back and forth and live together. he completed nuclear weapons and his missiles can reach qualm what's left as a leader he must inspire loyalty in twenty three million people with a given loyalty no because they are on the verge of starvation following the sanctions. knows this so he came to the table with denuclearization card.

for more than two years the relations had to be unfrozen and we couldn't access to care song in the complex but finally on the twenty seventh the summit is scheduled that would mean that after the summit the coming issue will be discussed and complex it will be the top priority i am full of such anticipation that. al-jazeera has been granted rare access to north korea people there have been celebrating military foundation day which commemorates the creation of the korean people's revolutionary army in one nine hundred thirty two it is mandatory for men to say between three and five years in the army and their selective conscription for women diplomatic editor james bays now reports from pyongyang. they are everywhere but you're not allowed to film them we only got these pictures when we first arrived in pyongyang before it was explained politely but very firmly that taking pictures of military and security personnel was forbidden. the north korean military is

believed to have over a million soldiers this city was badly destroyed during the korean war most of the buildings were built in the decades immediately after the conflict the military history of this now isolated nation is revealed as you travel around the capital city. this monument marks the defeat of the japanese who occupied korea until the end of world war two a few years later the korean war which had a devastating human cost on both sides this is a country that was forged in war and is still even now on a war footing. yet younger koreans at this school of thought the history of the korean war war images are displayed in the corridors older koreans meanwhile need no remind us the hunan during those americans is just

hearing about them makes my heart tremble my father was killed by the americans when i was twelve so whenever i hear about those americans i get overcome with hatred it makes my heart tremble suma law forthcoming talks will center on north korea's nuclear program but the country has a substantial conventional arsenal to the principal target of their artillery guns the south korean capital seoul earlier there in the other half of this divided land i spoke to a lawmaker a military expert who told me the world should not only focus on the nuclear threats. oh you know the biological weapons are honestly more fearsome the nuclear weapons from our perspective the destructiveness of a one ton nuclear warhead can be achieved with only four kilograms of anthrax in terms of casualties in seoul it is estimated that north korea has stockpiled over five thousand tons of chemical weapons song all military first is

a longstanding north korean strategy in recent years the leader kim jong un has added another track a cautious and partial opening up of the economy now for the first time on friday he'll be adding in high level diplomacy jamesburg out zira pyongyang. difficult journey for most folks to get from north korea to south korea james bays our diplomatic editor has made that journey in the past twenty four hours he's now across the border in power jewel in south korea so james just just highlight for us the key things we've got to look out for in the coming twenty four hours as they go towards these face to face discussions. well we need to watch i think first the body language when we see that crossing from north korea to south korea the first one north korean leader let me just show you where we are right now and you can see the highway behind me just go beyond beyond that you see the rays awad and then the engine river and the hills you can see behind that that

is north korea it's from north korea about fifteen kilometers from here that kim at midnight thirty g.m.t. the very start of friday in europe nine thirty am here korea time will make this crossing there has not been the north korean leader has done this since the korean war he is only going one hundred fifty meters inside south korean territory but clearly it is a historic meeting watch the body language in those opening moments. of the summit that will be important but watch the declaration at the end of this they're not going to come up with some huge peace deal but they are going to talk about a path towards a peace treaty because remember the korean war ended in terms of the conflict but in terms of the legality it's actually still going on there was never a peace treaty all there is is an armistice or truce which was signed in one hundred fifty three does that mean that we could in theory at some point maybe not

in the next couple of days but at some point see the north korean and serve korean leaders actually sitting at a table signing a treaty given that it's just been that armistice that's been in place for so many years. yeah that's certainly one of the things that they want to see down the line but of course the other thing about this important summit is leading the way for is potentially an even more important summit that the americans say could happen in may or early june and that's the north korean leader sitting down with donald trump this is really unprecedented stuff in the world of diplomacy normally you have a great deal of negotiations on the high level summits come at the end for the signing when everything has been agreed but they're doing this the other way around and in fact president trump has already said when he sits down with the supreme leader kim he would like there to be no one else in the room other than interpreters completely unprecedented and very high stakes james talks later in the

meantime thank you. the french president has used a speech to the u.s. congress to urge washington to reject nationalism and to preserve the iran nuclear deal though later emanuel macro said he is not confident donald trump will stay within the iran nuclear deal micron has proposed a new agreement being negotiated that with iran that expands on the existing deal here's our white house correspondent kimberly help it. the president of the french republic. before a joint session of the u.s. congress french president emmanuel macross argued the united states should remain part of the iran nuclear agreement it is true to see that this agreement may know the address all concerns and very important concerns this is true but we should not abandon its without having some seen substantial and more substantial instead. a day earlier in meetings at the white house across suggested the current

deal to limit iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief should be the cornerstone of a new supplemental agreement. it would address trumps concerns beyond twenty twenty five including limiting iran's influence in the middle east and halting ballistic missile testing we can change and we can be flexible you know in life you have to be flexible so despite criticizing the existing iran agreement repeatedly for years trump is now signaling he's open to recertify iran's compliance under the terms of the deal but only if his criticisms are addressed with the deadline for donald trump to make his decision just weeks away european leaders are conducting a high level lobbying effort on friday german chancellor angela merkel will be the next to visit the white house she'll work to persuade try to remain in the twenty fifteen iran deal but iran says a u.s.

withdrawal will kill it tehran has threatened to respond by pulling out of another agreement the nuclear nonproliferation agreement on weapons. i'm wednesday iran's president question trumps ability to even comprehend the terms of any agreement shlomo karsh iffy about the hot seat you don't have any background in politics you don't have any background in law you don't have any background on international treaties or going to tradesmen a merchant someone who builds towers for a living make judgments about international affairs and well he's currently signaling he's open to the u.s. for maining in the deal negotiated with iran and five other world powers given his impulsive nature there's still time for trump to change his mind and follow through with threats to leave the iran deal kimberly health at al-jazeera at the white house. well president visit has featured plenty of backslapping handshakes and

kissing but what are the french people make of this close relationship with donald trump has more on that from paris. it was pomp and ceremony displays of affection and of the words like. the apparent friendship between the french and american presidents was on full show during emmanuel state visit to washington politically the two men have little in common but the liberal macro is determined to get on with his conservative counterparts we have to make a berth for years perfect in france opinion polls suggest donald trump is unpopular but many people support mike ross approach. whether or not they are great friends doesn't matter michael is the french president and he must create strong ties with the u.s. . it's very important for france and for the u.s. and even for europe especially as trump seems to really appreciate president it's a sea chill to have good relations analysts say that macros courting of trump is

seen by many french people as a political tactic mcroy is probably really doing this as a strategy of trying to show from that he actually does respect him and to value the transatlantic relationship because at the end of the day from the european perspective every might not like the american president but the u.s. was always remain an important partner since micros election he has no chewed his relationship with trump inviting him is france's guest of honor to last year's bastille day celebrations and talking regularly by phone mike ross says he was able to convince trump to keep u.s. troops in syria some people say that the macros close mr trump is a risk because the u.s. president is so unpredictable but others say the french president has much to gain he can try and influence trump on important international matters such as the iran nuclear deal and it may help france's international standing rockwall seems to have very. well thought through diplomatic strategy which is

to create the largest amount of flexibility for france by making sure that the u.s. is on side micra will leave washington with few promises on a number of issues it's unclear for example whether trumbull impose u.s. trade tariffs on the e.u. or agree to an expanded iran nuclear agreement but if trump changes his mind on either issue many people in france may feel that all the backslapping and smiles were worth it natasha butler al-jazeera paris the police in california say they've cracked a decades old murder case that arrested a former policeman they believe is a serial rapist and murderer known as the golden state killer in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's and also from los angeles. forty two years after he began a rampage of murder rape and fear authorities in california say a man alleged to be the golden state killer is behind bars in

a perfectly executed arrest by detectives arrested james joseph d'angelo seventy two years old living in citrus heights dns low was taken into custody at his suburban home near sacramento during part of the period when the crimes occurred he was a sacramento area policeman well very possibly he was committing the crimes during the time he was employed as a peace officer the golden state killer also known as the east area rapist allegedly murdered at least twelve people sexually assaulted forty five and broke into more than one hundred and twenty homes across california in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's detectives collected massive amounts of physical evidence and tips but were on able to crack the case until recent advances in d.n.a. technology we all knew as part of this team that we were looking. for a needle in

a haystack. but we also all knew that the needle was there d.n.a. collected from the crime scenes provided the crucial break we started some surveillance we were able to get some discarded d.n.a. and we were able to confirm what we thought we already knew that we had our man authorities say d'angelo was previously not under suspicion the golden state killer crept into victims' homes at night while they slept he often targeted couples he would tie up the husbands and then sexually assault their wives he then bludgeoned some of his victims to death his youngest rape victim was thirteen years old we will do everything that we can to bring justice to the victims that suffered from unspeakable harm from the horrific crimes crimes that may now be solved by decades of relentless investigation and detectives who never gave up rob reynolds

al-jazeera los angeles. last most ill to come here on al-jazeera we have exclusive access to a prison for the afghan government is holding i saw fighters. and more protests expected in armenia as the standoff between the opposition and the government continues. by the skyline of an asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. however over the last three or four days northern europe seems to reverted to a feeling of winter of course it's not it's just the temperatures dropped at least ten degrees as the clouds form and that's more or less the cold front that defines the difference between temperatures in the teens and those in the twenty's is quite a big drop so you got twelve in berlin twenty nine bucharest and that's the line that changes there really cause we're just talking about normal spring weather by

this time which usually brings wind and rain with it is no exception so for most northern the country the next day or so we'll see some rain a fair amount of a breeze and have tracked in abundance and then the line goes down through austria south of which you will see a few big showers possibly thunderstorms are the temperatures are approaching the thirty mark because that cold front will ease through rumania doesn't drop the temps as much by this time because it's become a weaker affair but still to the north of it is teens it's wind a fair amount of rain levon in london disappointed nineteen in paris a bit more like it now south of all this and particularly hitting north africa we've seen some rather active weather the last week or so the same low is still there it's been generating a lot of rain now geria a significant amount in the low ground wires already wet admittedly but it is now slowly rolling through to the east. the weather sponsored by cats are in place. at the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace

is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist just posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour security is being tightened at the border that separates the two koreas day before he just the two sides hold their first

summit in more than a decade north korea's kim jong il and south korean president when gene will sit down at the border to spillage of panmunjom. the french president has used a speech to the u.s. congress to urge washington to reject nationalism isolationism and to preserve the iran nuclear deal but just hours later emanuel mike ross said he's not confident president trump will stay in the agreement. police in california charge a former police officer they suspect of being a serial rapist and murderer in the seventy's and eighty's seventy two year old joseph james to angela was held off the d.n.a. from his home crime scene evidence. ok let's get you more on the summit between the two koreas taking place twelve thirty midnight on friday phillip yoon is an expert on north korea he says expectations are high not only on the korean peninsula but around the world. well i think they're going to have to make some progress on exactly what denuclearization means there is some concern that the nuclear ization

for the north koreans is slightly different where nuclearization means for the americans i think for the north koreans it may be a process a process with stages that could take relatively a long period of time i think for the united states is something that they want to have done immediately or as close immediately as possible in terms of for commitments so that's the key thing that's going to have to happen i think also or what the south korea president's going to need as well is some kind of north south improvement of relations i think that's something that would be relatively easy to do there is some talk about it he's truly and that's i think is going to be something that's going to be left to a significant amount of negotiation that maybe one's surprise because people have been talking about that and we'll have to see where that goes i think the bigger picture though for my perspective is well we present south korean president is

going to do is have a plan for sedition with kim jong un and try to figure out who this person is what motivates them and in a sense what he needs what kim jong il needs on our on his horse your reading of these reports running around in the past few hours from the young saying that north korea's nuclear test facility has in fact now collapsed because they've tested it they've used it six times and they've been right it's in effect so that kind of colors what the north korean leadership is doing or saying when it says ok look we won't test anymore they might be saying we won't test anymore because they can't test anymore. well i'm i'm quite skeptical of those talks of those reports i've looked at some of the analysis i've talked to some people who know who have seen the test site who have looked at the data that site is very large and what they're talking about is that there has been some collapse of seared in some of the of the

mountain itself because a large explosion especially one that happened september leaves space and so what has happened is the seismic event has been the collapse of those things but doesn't mean that it's not usable there are other mountains in the area there are a number of other tunnels that are under other mountains in that area as well as i recall there are four different from us right now that we know of that exist so i'm very skeptical about whether or not the thing is completely usable it may be that one part of the site may not be useable at this point although that's not clear but certainly other parts of that site would be definitely usable and so that's kind of where i stand on that the u.s. says it stands behind the people of afghanistan after the taliban announced the beginning of its annual spring offensive meanwhile al jazeera has gained exclusive access to a prison where eisel fighters detained by the afghan government are being held hundreds of them have traveled to afghanistan over the past two years as the on group most territory in syria and iraq. the story. these men have been

recently detained the sum of up to four thousand eisel fighters thought to be waging a war against the afghan government mr of them foreigners. they asked me to join a training center nanga har that's where i met people from pakistan iran a spec a stand and balochistan there were four brigades in the center this man says he was tricked into joining the armed group you know i was in russia then i traveled to iran and then to afghanistan when i arrived i realized that being called my goal was to study sharia. since i saw entered afghanistan two years ago it's been behind a number of attacks. in december claimed responsibility for an attack on a shia cultural center that killed forty one people in kabul. a month later i saw fighters stormed the offices of save the children in mangere whole province capital

jalalabad two people were killed. when a suicide bomber blew himself up close to kabul university killing twenty nine people and injuring dozens more in march this road leads to niagara harbor where the fiercest battles between i saw fighters and government soldiers have taken place the us government dropped the so-called mother of all bombs in the province last year in an effort to annihilate the group. a year on fear of the passion tribes who live here adjoining i so they remain war weary after decades caught up in the taliban's rebellion barbara and al jazeera. the armenian parliament will vote to elect a new prime minister on may the first pro opposition protesters are blocking some streets in the armenian capital euro van as their standoff with the government continues on weapons day tens of thousands of people rallied cross the city the opposition wants its leader nichol push to become the head of government until

there are new elections robin for a city walker is in. they brought the capital to a standstill. because. it was a carnival atmosphere. for others it was an inconvenience the police have ceased to intervene instead they have retreated to protect government buildings said. yesterday's news now his republican party still nominally in charge is the next target of the protest movement. and the young smell revolution. wasn't just isn't one he got matching up young man to be the prime minister acting prime minister cut in kind of pity and cancel talks with the opposition sheffield for wednesday said he was ready for elections but not on the street he is voting it's in new york each game i don't know of any country where the people's candidate is

elected in that way that's why we have elections there are some in the citizenry who are disappointed how are we to measure their desire to have the going is the desires of others in the citizenry who want a different candidate nicole consolation and nicole taking actually that apart from mr it's not clear who else is willing to stand in the way of opposition leader nicole passion and more parties in parliament sided with his movements on wednesday and the international community is taking him seriously too we caught up with him fresh from talks at the russian embassy republican party has lost his power and the. republican party a short recognized victory of the people and without any condition as far as he is concerned and as far as this crowd is concerned because he's on the threshold of becoming this country's new leader and i shrink a new democratic era to the republic of armenia it was

i don't want the corridors of power but he has proven he could mobilize our millions in time then where his power is on the street here on republic square footage for steelworker al-jazeera there are. hundreds of thousands of people in germany are living in limbo because of a complex asylum process which some people find confusing and many are facing the possibility of deportation dominic kane has one man's story from reckons bug. wednesday and they can support his market day and for. him it's a chance to find a bargain he's lived here since leaving iraq in twenty fifteen as tempting as the items on sale are the one thing he can't buy is the right to stay in germany permanently for three years who has lobbied the government without success he told me his story. on the naacp they've given me

temporary leave to remain here but with that i can't really do anything i have to stay in the refugee home i can't find work because of my status in germany firms don't want to take on someone in my situation so it's hard for me here that's despite a wealth of documents who now has which show his good level of german clean criminal record and fitness for work but in fact his case is not too unique there are more than one hundred sixty six thousand people who've been denied asylum but have temporarily allowed to remain at that number and even greater one more than three hundred fifty three thousand people who are considered to be here illegally have no right to remain and facing deportation some say the issue is not with the federal authorities but with individual german states. for diplomacy is that the solution is already provided for by the law parliament has developed

several different variations to the law to allow people to get out of temporary status and to legalize their residency here the problem is the individual states are applying these variations in a very restrictive way. the new federal interior minister has long argued the current asylum process is unsatisfied factory and for faster deportations of those whose applications are rejected as he could in the fall is three. zero on that you can go by the rule of thumb and that's quite logical the longer a person has been in our country the more time they've had to put down roots and speaking objects really more obstacles can occur. in that if the return of backing hagen sprog those are obstacles horner knows very well nonetheless he says he remains hopeful and that the various feels like his home but for now at least the government does not agree don it came out zero they can support.

peter dobby with the headlines here on al-jazeera security is being tightened at the border that separates the two koreas a day before leaders from the two sides hold their first summit in more than a decade north korea's kim jong il and the south korean president one g. will sit down at the board of truce village upon when job diplomatic editor james bays is in part june when south korea close to the border with the north. when you look at other high profile international negotiations the way diplomacy normally works it's not like this normally you have patient quark diplomacy and negotiation for a very long time and the summit comes at the end you have a process and then you have the summit while this is happening the other way around this intro korean summit first and then if it goes well this important meeting

between the north koreans and the u.s. at presidential level it doesn't normally happen like this it is very unusual and that means of course it's very high stakes the french president says he's not confident donald trump will keep the u.s. within the iran nuclear deal emmanuel macro made the comments after giving a speech to a joint session of the u.s. congress in it the u.s. to reject nationalism and to preserve the pact to curb iran's nuclear program in return for sanctions relief it is true to see that this agreement may not address all concerns and very important concerns this is true but we should not abandon it without having something substantial and more substantial instead the armenian parliament will vote to elect see a new prime minister on may the first pro opposition protesters are blocking some streets in the capital as their standoff with the government continues on weapons day rallies took place after the acting prime minister canceled crisis talks with

the opposition the protest leader nicole pushing young says he's ready to lead until new elections are held. police in the u.s. state of california have charged a former police officer they suspect of being a serial rapist and murderer in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's seventy two year old joseph james to angelo was held after d.n.a. from his home matched crime scene evidence those are your headlines up next it's the stream i will see you at the top of the hour. stories generate fountains of headlines with different angles from different perspectives separate the spin from the facts that's why are. we listening post on al-jazeera. hi i'm femi oke i'm here in this live on al-jazeera and you.